Sunday 23 January 2022

LIVING WITH A WOMAN (an ongoing series) #1095

"Can you sell or give away those curtain things we took down." 

Said The Old Girl this morning as she was repainting the door frames that I'd already painted (don't ask).

I folded up the curtains, dusted the curtain rods, took photos of them and created a post on Neighbourly offering them for FREE.



Just after I'd started the post I suddenly thought, looking at the photo of the curtains in situ, that there should be 4 curtains, not the two that I'd folded. There should have been two curtains to each rod.

"Where are the other two curtains?" I asked her.

She looked at me strangely.

"What other two curtains?" she asked me back.

"The other two maroon curtains to go with the sets that we're giving away" I answered.

"We're not giving the curtains away Matey" she said "and besides, those two other curtains you mention have been installed and in use to cover the new French doors ever since we took the old blinds down - BACK IN NOVEMBER!"


The two curtains that previously covered one of the side windows, that I'd forgotten about.



"Oh" I said. "So why did you ask me to put them on Neighbourly?"

"I asked you to give away the curtain rods only" she said with an unsaid 'sheesh'.

"Oops I " answered rushing to delete the Neighbourly post before I received a lot of  answers from prospective recipients.

Sheesh!



4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have a friend who would love those curtains. When can she pick them up?

Anonymous said...

Am I too late? Yes I will have them. Can you deliver to Taupo?

THE CURMUDGEON said...

Anonymous(es), you are putting me at risk of physical injury or, at best, a tongue lashing.

Richard (of RBB) said...

Sheesh I! I copied that grammar idea from your post.